Friday, June 15, 2012

D3 RMAH: Want to make a fortune? Think again.

There were people who made a decent amount of money in the first couple of days of the RMAH. That will certainly go down as competition goes up.

Blizzard takes a pretty big cut. I read a funny post here Diablohead about selling something for the RMAH minimum ($1.25) and coming out with a whopping .25 cents. Blizzard and Paypal get 1 dollar. You get 25 cents. EXCELLENT!!!!

Yet another reason I will probably no be doing anything on the RMAH. I won't say I will never use it, but as of right now, it is not looking good. I will never buy any gear off of it.

4 comments:

And yet... he sold something of no real value (pixels and a database entry) that was probably a drop he got along the way and came out 25 cents ahead. That there is an environment where you can earn anything at all seems amazing.

For me, I came to conclusion it'll be very unlikely that I try RMAH although I'll use gold auction house for buying/selling (mostly selling due to ridiculous buyout prices). I'm sure I have some items that will sell for something. But, I know for a fact I won't make a fortune. And I don't know what tax-related repercussions will be there. Last but not least, I find all the transaction fees prohibitive. While it's definitely enticing to imagine turning virtual items into real cash, it just doesn't seem worth it. Besides, I like enjoying a game as a game, not as a money maker. Maybe that would've been a dream job for me when I was a kid, but I think that boat has sailed. Haha.

Wow, just read that Korean government banned all sales of virtual items (even for gold, not just RMAH). And they banned gold-farming with bots as well. You can even get jail time in addition to fine. I guess you definitely won't be making a fortune with D3 over there...